Jenessa Simons' Facebook posting which has been shared by over 366,000 and found her biological mother in 48 hours. (Scroll down for full image) Picture: Jenessa Simons/Facebook Source: Supplied

Her Facebook posting was shared by 366,000

Her biological mother contacted her after two days

A WOMAN, 21, who was adopted at birth, has found her apparent birth mother and father in two days after a posting on Facebook.

Jenessa Simons posted a snap of herself holding a sign with her birth information to Facebook on Sunday and asked her friends to "like" and "share" it.

The US woman's image was shared more than 138,000 times and then after 48 hours her apparent biological mother contacted her.

"It was awesome to hear from her, but I was mostly in shock," Simons told KSL of her biological mother. "I didn’t know what to say."

Her biological mother was living just minutes from where she grew up in Provo, Utah. She then contacted Jenessa's biological father, who lives outside of Utah. He then contacted Jenessa.

"He sounded really surprised, but happy," she said while laughing.

Jenessa turned 21 in November, the minimum legal age in Utah where you can apply to trace your biological parents, and one day recently as she looked at her own son, she told KSL she thought, "He knows who his parents are, I should probably get on figuring out who mine are."

She submitted paperwork and while waiting for a response, decided to post the photo and the sign describing her search on Sunday. She described it as a "shot in the dark".

Jenessa said she had decided to try and trace her biological parents as "I just want to know where I came from.”

She said her biological parents were 16 years old when she was born.

“Obviously they both cared enough about me to say, 'We need to give her a family that's stable, and she can come find us later,' which I appreciate more than anything,” she told KSL.

Simons met her biological mother in person for the first time yesterday. She hopes to meet her biological father soon.

She said she loves her adoptive parents and told them she had found her biological parents.

“They were both really happy, and they want to meet my birth mother, too,” she told KSL.

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Comments on this story

Jayla Diane Pace of Pride, La. Posted at 5:32 AM February 01, 2013

That is so awesome! I'm so happy for her. I was one of the ones that shared her post, so I was excited to hear of this. I hope they are able to add fulfillment to her life. Just incredible.

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